Google Maps for Android gives helpful real-time info

[Kevin Lancaster]

Google Maps for Android gives helpful real-time info

Google has started rolling out an update for its Maps application for Android, which provides helpful information with one swipe.

When you swipe up on the screen, you will see three tabs that show nearby restaurants, and local traffic and transit information.

 

[Ockie]

Any idea of when Google will bring the best of both worlds to one app?

1. Realtime traffic from Waze.
2. Accuracy of navigation from Waze (google maps tends to show I am driving on the road next over or next to the highway or even jump around on the screen)
3. Battery efficiency of Google Maps - Waze seems to use more battery than Google Maps
4. Integrate the social aspect of Waze where you get points etc and see other drivers on the road.

 

[sajunky]

Make most of functionality of G maps truly off-line. Otherwise I am not interested.

Situation: I am entering long tunnel in Europe. Google is losing connection. On exit it takes a minute for restoring connection. This minute costs me 20 minutes to get back on the right highway.

 

[backstreetboy]

Make most of functionality of G maps truly off-line. Otherwise I am not interested.

Situation: I am entering long tunnel in Europe. Google is losing connection. On exit it takes a minute for restoring connection. This minute costs me 20 minutes to get back on the right highway.

You can cache a larger area now. I have almost the whole Western Cape cached...

 

[rubber_otter]

Any idea of when Google will bring the best of both worlds to one app?

1. Realtime traffic from Waze.
2. Accuracy of navigation from Waze (google maps tends to show I am driving on the road next over or next to the highway or even jump around on the screen)
3. Battery efficiency of Google Maps - Waze seems to use more battery than Google Maps
4. Integrate the social aspect of Waze where you get points etc and see other drivers on the road.

1. Already doing so.
2. Never really had that problem. Are you perhaps using one of those Alcatel phones?
3. Agreed.
4. It's a navigation app, not a circlejerk. I can see other drivers on the road, just by looking out the window.

Make most of functionality of G maps truly off-line. Otherwise I am not interested.

Situation: I am entering long tunnel in Europe. Google is losing connection. On exit it takes a minute for restoring connection. This minute costs me 20 minutes to get back on the right highway.

Just make maps available offline while on WiFi. Works like a charm.

 

[Hamster]

Any idea of when Google will bring the best of both worlds to one app?

1. Realtime traffic from Waze.

It doesn't do this already?

2. Accuracy of navigation from Waze (google maps tends to show I am driving on the road next over or next to the highway or even jump around on the screen)

I think your phone is broken

4. Integrate the social aspect of Waze where you get points etc and see other drivers on the road.

Oh please gawd no!

 

[sajunky]

You can cache a larger area now. I have almost the whole Western Cape cached...

You must remember to cache in the WiFi area in the right time under condition that you don't travel far (caching area is very small - it cover maybe 1/4 of Gauteng, BTW). Secondly, navigation is very sensitible to the lost of connectivity in any case (as per example of leaving the tunnel).